Ballistic Pendulum Lab Purpose
We did this lab to learn how to calculate the initial speed of the ballistic pendulum and to learn how people in the real world use the information to calculate the velocity of a gun's shot.
Hypothesis
It is expected that the change of kinetic energy in elastic collisions is mostly conserved while in the inelastic there is a much bigger difference.
Tools
Ballistic pendulum
Metal ball
Meter stick
Carbon paper
Lined paper
Purpose
We did this lab to learn how to calculate the initial speed of the ballistic pendulum and to learn how people in the real world use the information to calculate the velocity of a gun's shot.
Hypothesis
It is expected that the change of kinetic energy in elastic collisions is mostly conserved while in the inelastic there is a much bigger difference.
Tools
Ballistic pendulum
Metal ball
Meter stick
Carbon paper
Lined paper
Calculations